The live firing exercise involved the Challenger 3 tank engaging targets from various ... utilising Rheinmetall ranges to align with NATO Reference Standards for the new weapon and ammunition ...

Related stories The tank's powerful gas-turbine engine, which is sometimes compared to a jet engine, can get the 60-ton M1A1 up to 45 miles an hour. Its main gun fires accurately on the move.

Approximately 2,830 ha. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and SSSI. The Bindon Range at Lulworth has been used as a tank firing range since 1916 while Heath Range and the Tyneham Valley were taken ...